Legal Opinion
Maxwell v. Stridiron
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided March 25, 2003No. Civil Misc. No. 123/2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHodge, Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(March 25, 2003)
Before the Court is Petitioner Bradley Maxwell’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, pursuant to sections 1301-1325 of Title 5 of the Virgin Islands Code. Because (1) the Virgin Islands government has federal statutory authority to enter into compacts with any of the sovereign states, (2) Petitioner’s challenges to his conditions of confinement do not rise to the level of Eighth Amendment constitutional violations, and (3) Petitioner offers no evidence that the educational programs at the off-island facility where he is currently incarcerated are statutorily…
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